BRYAN J. BLUMBERG
4246 Holly Knoll Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027-3243
home: (213) 665-1888
work: (213) 259-4914
Friday, June 5, 1992
MS. KAREN WEGMANN, President
Wells Fargo Foundation
420 Montgomery Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94163
Dear Ms. Wegmann,
This is a letter of support for Wells Fargo's brave decision to end
its support of the Boy Scouts. I have served on the charitable funds
committee where I work and have blocked Boy Scouts contributions, too.
It was not easy for me to stand up and make my case in front of my
fellow employees at the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation. I'm sure it
was no easier for a visible contributor such as Wells Fargo to
experience the wrath of a well organized, very mean and loud
opposition.
Thank you very much for taking a simple stand for fairness where our
State and Federal governments have been woefully incapable.
Sincerely,
Bryan J. Blumberg
Send Boy Scout letter to:
Karen Wegmann, Executive Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94163
Bank of America
Human Resources Department
P.O. Box 16290
Phoenix, Arizon 85011-6290
Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi's Plaza
1155 Battery
San Francisco, CA 94111
BRYAN J. BLUMBERG
4246 Holly Knoll Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027-3243
home: (213) 665-1888
work: (213) 259-4914
Friday, June 5, 1992
JOHN F. SEYMOUR
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Seymour,
Thank you for your letter of May 22, 1992 in which you assured me that
you would monitor the legal cases surrounding the Department of
Defense policies which prohibit admission of lesbians and gays to the
Uniformed Services. I am very sorry, but I found your letter to be
woefully inadequate. I am fully capable of monitoring the situation
myself. I expect much more from my Senator.
On March 20, 1991 and again on May 17, 1991, you wrote to me stating
that you were inclined to support legislation which would make
discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal. What I am asking
you today, sir, is to do just that.
You are my U.S. Senator, Mr. Seymour. Your job is to be my advocate
in the legislative process. I respectfully request that you perform
the following simple action items for me:
(1) Sign on as a co-sponsor to S-Res 236 (Sense of the Senate to
rescind DoD Directive 1332.14 Section H.1).
(2) Sign on as a co-sponsor to S-574 (Civil Rights Amendments Act of
1991).
(3) Ask President Bush to eliminate the military ban of gays and
lesbians by executive order.
You and I both know that the ban is a waste of government funds and
human resources. As a Republican with a conservative sense of sound
fiscal policy, won't you please not only do what is morally the right
thing to do, but also financially the right thing to do?
Please don't tease me with letters which tell me that you promise to
do absolutely nothing. Please support and sponsor legislation which
will bring America closer to being a fair and just home for all of its
citizens.
Sincerely,
Bryan J. Blumberg
BRYAN J. BLUMBERG
4246 Holly Knoll Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027-3243
home: (213) 665-1888
work: (213) 259-4914
Sunday, May 31, 1992
VANGUARD
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 931898
Los Angeles, CA 90093-1898
To the Editor,
Thank you for printing the ratings from the Log Cabin Republican Club
and the endorsements from the Stonewall Democratic Club. One thing,
however, puzzles me: Some of the candidates which received favorable
ratings answered a questionaire from the Traditional Values Coalition
stating that they were opposed to our civil rights.
The TVC asked State Senate and State Assembly candidates: "Would you
vote to oppose giving homosexuals and bisexuals special protection as
a legitimate minority based solely on their sexual preference?
(AB101)." Congressional candidates were asked: "Would you vote to
oppose giving homosexuals and bisexuals protected minority status
under existing civil rights laws? (HR 1430)."
The Log Cabin Club gave H. "Beck" McKeon, Bill Glass and Hunt Braly
ratings of "good." The Stonewall Democratic Club endorsed Gary Hamud
and Elliott Graham. These five candidates answered the above
questions, "yes."
I would like to know why they received favorable reviews from our own
political clubs when they are opposed to our civil rights.
Sincerely,
Bryan J. Blumberg
BRYAN J. BLUMBERG
4246 Holly Knoll Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027-3243
home: (213) 665-1888
work: (213) 259-4914
Saturday, May 30, 1992
Anne-Imelda Radice
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
Dear Ms. Radice,
I am worried about changes in the NEA. I am concerned that:
* Artists now feel they must self-censor in order to get grants;
* The rules for obtaining grants have changed but are ambiguous;
* The NEA will no longer fund gay and lesbian artists and
organizations; and
* Gay and lesbian artists will be sacrificed in order to "save" the
NEA.
Senator Jesse Helms and Donald Wildmon of the American Family
Association are two of the most vocal and powerful bigots in this
country. I would be very offended if they endorsed me. I am deeply
concerned to have learned that they have endorsed you.
Please do not buckle under political pressure. Please do what is
right and fund artistic projects for all Americans. I am a Gay
American and I have a right to have the NEA support lesbian and gay
artists.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Bryan J. Blumberg
BRYAN J. BLUMBERG
4246 Holly Knoll Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027-3243
home: (213) 665-1888
work: (213) 259-4914
Saturday, May 30, 1992
Dear ,
Editorials supporting the removal of the ban against homosexuals in
the military service have appeared in such respected newspapers as the
New York Times, the Washington Post, the Miami Herald, the Los Angeles
Herald Examiner, the Atlanta Constitution, and many others.
I urge you to rescind DoD directive 1333.14, Section H1.
A 1991 poll by Penn and Schoen Associates found that 65 percent of
Americans believe that Gay men and Lesbians should be allowed to serve
in the Armed Forces. 81 percent believe that they should not be
discharged from military service if they are performing competently.
It is a terrible waste of human spirit and of tax dollars to dispose
of hard working men and women who are doing admirable jobs for our
country.
It is hypocritical to keep gay Assistant Defense Secretary Pete
Williams in the Pentagon, but to continue to discharge other
hardworking people from the service.
I ask you to do whatever you can to eliminate this repugnant
discrimination by the largest employer in the nation.
Sincerely,
Bryan J. Blumberg
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President George H. W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pensylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500 President Bush
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney
The Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301 Secretary Cheney
General Colin L. Powell
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301 General Powell
The Honorable Sam Nunn, Chair
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate, Dirksen Building 303
Washington, DC 20510 Senator Nunn
The Honorable Les Aspin, Chair
House Armed Services Committee
2336 Rayburn, House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 Congressman Aspin
BRYAN J. BLUMBERG
4246 Holly Knoll Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027-3243
home: (213) 665-1888
work: (213) 259-4914
Saturday, May 30, 1992
Honorable Pat Schroeder
2208 Rayburn, House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Congresswoman Schroeder,
I'm not from Denver, so you're not my representative. Nevertheless, I
just wanted to thank you for all of the great work you are doing in
the House of Representatives.
Thank you very much for your work on the Select Committee on Children,
Youth and Families and particularly for your work on the Report on
Teens and AIDS in America.
Thank you also very much for introducing the Military Freedom Act of
1992.
Sincerely,
Bryan J. Blumberg
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Bryan J. Blumberg, The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation
815 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90041-1777
(213) 259-4914, B_BLUMBERG@MACSCH.COM